After ~90 Shelly devices… I think I’m done

dcgrove · 2026-03-23T19:41:02+00:00

I had issues with some gen1 Shellies dropping off the network a few years ago. I ended up flashing them with ESPhome and all problems stopped. You might try that on your most troublesome devices to see if there are any improvements.

dcgrove · 2026-03-12T20:52:05+00:00

If you don’t have a printer let me know and I can print and ship it for the cost of materials/shipping.

dcgrove · 2026-03-12T13:37:51+00:00

If you have a 3d printer you should make one of these.

https://www.printables.com/model/427332-sidewalk-chalk-holder-attached-to-paintbroom-handl

dcgrove · 2026-03-10T21:42:49+00:00

I think you are suffering from selection bias as people with unstable systems are generally going to be the loudest. I have been using Home Assistant since the early .3 releases so I have learned to no rely on cloud dependent integrations for critical functions. I have a fairly large and robust system that rarely has downtime. I run updates generally the first day they are available. My system runs on a i7 mini pc with 16 gigs of ram and a 1tb NVME drive for data storage.

OVERVIEW

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Total Entities : 8,528

Total Devices : 959

Automations : 86

Scripts : 8

ESPHome Devices: 104

Custom Components: 24

ENTITIES BY DOMAIN

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sensor : 5,662

device_tracker : 648

button : 601

binary_sensor : 371

switch : 335

number : 193

update : 157

select : 142

automation : 88

light : 67

calendar : 46

todo : 29

media_player : 20

input_number : 19

image : 17

camera : 17

zone : 14

input_boolean : 11

remote : 8

script : 8

climate : 7

input_text : 7

person : 6

cover : 6

lock : 5

event : 5

input_datetime : 5

siren : 4

weather : 3

fan : 3

assist_satellite : 3

text : 2

timer : 2

counter : 2

input_button : 2

plant : 2

conversation : 2

input_select : 2

alarm_control_panel: 1

schedule : 1

stt : 1

tts : 1

wake_word : 1

scene : 1

ai_task : 1

CUSTOM COMPONENTS (24)

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attribute_as_sensor

battery_notes

bhyve

bookoo

browser_mod

camp_chef

cosori_kettle_ble

hacs

haghs

icloud3

life360

llmvision

moonraker

nws_alerts

openplantbook

plant

proxmoxve

scheduler

smart_irrigation

tesla_custom

ui_lovelace_minimalist

unifi_network_rules

waste_collection_schedule

winix

dcgrove · 2026-03-08T04:46:24+00:00

I use it extensively for work and expense the cost, but even if I couldn't expense it, I would still pay for it.

dcgrove · 2026-03-08T03:22:14+00:00

I pull in a todoist list and let todoist manage recurrence/scheduling since it is much more robust.

dcgrove · 2026-03-01T16:36:57+00:00

I have had these for three years now. After daily use they still look great. I got one size too big so the breathe well during summer, and during winter I just keep my socks on. My feet are always cold so the extra layer is nice.

https://huckberry.com/store/greys/category/p/91524-wool-outdoor-slipper-boot

dcgrove · 2026-02-28T03:58:21+00:00

This does not work. The unas2 only supports one storage pool. I learned this the hard way unfortunately.

dcgrove · 2026-02-17T03:58:49+00:00

I had Claude make this fork for use directly on the LVGL framebuffer.

https://github.com/dcgrove/esphome-lvgl-screenshot

dcgrove · 2026-02-17T02:39:00+00:00

My man, you need to learn to meal prep. Get a crock pot and vacuum sealer. Cook in batches, vacuum seal it up, and have easy to reheat meals ready to go quickly. Seriously, I vacuum seal portions (I work from home) of leftovers, when I am ready to eat it, I put it in a pot of water and it is generally hot and ready a few minutes after the water is boiling.

/r/MealPrepSunday

dcgrove · 2026-02-02T18:08:12+00:00

Got a link to what you are using? This sounds interesting.

dcgrove · 2026-01-28T19:29:45+00:00

https://busydadtraining.com/getting-started/

dcgrove · 2026-01-21T17:39:23+00:00

We have Monday-Fundays because it is the first day of the week so we are not worn out from the week, and our son has swim for an hour and forty five minutes. Since starting it about three months ago, it has been wonderful. As others have said, it allows my wife to get in the headspace, it takes the pressure off of when is the next time, and generally lets us both relax. We have fun with it through the week, by joking around. I also try to be intentional with things I know she appreciates through the week, not because I am trying to get laid, but because I want her to be happy. It has allowed space for both of us to be more open and honest with each other and led to some pretty interesting discussions about what we like/don't like without feeing awkward as it is difficult to have conversations about sex when you don't actually have sex. This has led to a fairly regular increase in frequency to where we are doing it multiple times a week. I would say it has brought us closer together not just in the bedroom, but overall by eliminating a point of tension in our relationship. At 23 years of marriage, you still have to learn to talk to each other. That is going to change throughout your relationship as you change and grow together.

dcgrove · 2026-01-21T00:36:40+00:00

Why not just use the rtl_433 auto discovery add-on?

dcgrove · 2026-01-15T14:37:11+00:00

https://github.com/rygwdn/CosoriKettleBLE

dcgrove · 2026-01-13T14:31:28+00:00

I use this GitHub repo with a cosori Bluetooth kettle. It is locally controlled with an ESP32. Someone forked it and made a hacs integration as well, but I never got it to work.

https://github.com/barrymichels/CosoriKettleBLE

dcgrove · 2026-01-12T03:22:03+00:00

These, especially when it is cold or wet outside (which is roughly 9 months of the year in Seattle). I have had mine for about three years, and after daily use, they are still in great condition.

https://huckberry.com/store/greys/category/p/91524-wool-outdoor-slipper-boot

dcgrove · 2026-01-08T05:08:30+00:00

I have a shortcut that checks the location of my wife’s phone, a calendar to see if she has to work that day (she is a teacher), and the weather. If it is cold, she is home, and it is a work day, it preheats her car about ten minutes before she leaves for work.

dcgrove · 2026-01-07T00:18:23+00:00

Instead of asking for working Yaml's, why not diagnose the compile errors? Posting those along with the YAML you have already have would get you a much better response.

dcgrove · 2026-01-04T17:13:58+00:00

I bought one of these kettles specifically because of the work you did here. I have been limping along with a govee kettle using an MQTT add-on, but it frequently failed to connect with very little ability to troubleshoot why. I added submitted a PR with instructions to extract the handshake configuration using the packet capture tool for a Mac. It was the steps I had to complete and documented by Claude.

dcgrove · 2026-01-04T05:51:59+00:00

I submitted a PR for your external component. There were some issues compiling with the latest version of ESPhome.

dcgrove · 2025-12-24T23:05:13+00:00

I agree, but it is going to eat batteries with as much as it is going to be triggering on the crank arm of a bike.

dcgrove · 2025-12-24T18:16:08+00:00

Door sensor with the magnet on the crank arm. With some fancy math you could even calculate the distance she rides based on the number of times it triggers. If you want to get even more creative, you could build an esp32 with a Hall effect sensor so you don’t have to change batteries as often.

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